Roman POVWhat an absolutely weird fucking day, I thought to myself .. The smell of fresh cut roses was still lingering when Dragana left.. She always smelled like that and I was yet to meet any other creature who had that freshness, yet opulence and sensuality of smell like her. Give it to father to create new set of blue balls I though.. Lady Jasmine certainly threw the wrench in my plans, without any consideration. She never told me she will be taking her. This was not part of the discussion – likely for purpose. She likely knew I would not agree to it willingly, and being put under the command of the Royal Lycan family – I had no choice. Had she broached the subject, perhaps I could have negotiated something. She indeed was a very shrewd woman – very dangerous one, I thought to myself. How will Dragana help me find a mate now that she will be gone? More importantly, how if I do not find a mate will I have an offspring if Dragana was not there. I was unaware of her full lineage unt
Dragana’s POVTwo dead bodies in the flowery meadow, a Lycan princess covered in blood of my enemies.. I stood frozen in the spot… Lady Jasmine, covered in blood, her eyes glowing looked majestic.. And scary. Yet, I was not afraid of her.. There was familiarity with this woman, her aura tangible to me. She was open to me and I felt safe with her. There was something abut her and I could not place it, but for now, I knew no harm would ever come to me with her around.. She felt familiar. “You could have handled that yourself Dragana”, her melodic voice reasoned.. “I have no wolf – I gave that up when I opted for a witch existence”, I said in small voice.. “Thank you for saving me..” I said tears slowly coming to my eyes, the full gravity of the situation finally hitting me... She snickered and wiped her mouth off, still bloody though.. “As I said, you could have handled them yourself.. You do not need anyone’s help, least of all mine..”.. Her eyes were exploring me with curiosity as she
Walking through the meadow, Lady Jasmine and I approached the forest.. The sun was setting now completely and the beautiful sunset was hitting the trees and the nearby magnificent lake, shinning lights like sparkles on it.. The hues and colors were beautiful. I stopped for a moment looking at it wistfully. It has always been my favorite part of living here – the lake and the lake house. We walked in silence, she would mind like somebody on occasion, her eyes glazing over, but I did not ask and we did not walk much.. I explained the legend of the lake origin, according to the Native American folklore – it was the legend of the wolf who lost her mate and her children and cried to the Goddess for days, praying for death and reunion with her loved ones. The Goddess took pity on her and created the lake of her tears, a mirror to another world, where the she-wolf could see her family every full moon in the reflection on the water.. When she died, Goddess gave her a final resting place under
Beta Artemis POVSeeing Dragana attacked in the meadow like this brought my heart to stop and drew my blood cold. She looked so beautiful, yet so fragile, so innocent, so vulnerable, her big silver eyes full of confusion and fear. At that moment, as in many moments in past 10 years - all I wanted to do is take her in my arms and never let her go. For years, I have stolen secret glances, smelled her scent passing by, looked at her hair glisten in the sun, perhaps hoped against hope that one day she will see me as her mate, or that her wolf will appear and claim me. She was always nice to me, funny, prankster at times, we got along really well. However, I had to maintain my loyalty to the Alpha King, to the packs, I had to respect the blood oath we all gave to Roman so many years ago.Something happened that fateful night to him, when he pulled her lifeless body out of the depths of that lake. I think somewhere in his heart, that reminded him too much of his mother’s death. He was very
Alice POVThe persistent attacks on our pack by unified forces of both Alpha King armies and that of Lycan King Malakai, almost obliterated our pack off the face of the earth. We were strong, but we could not sustain this assault much longer. My father has been gravely injured, and even though our doctors were doing everything possible, I feared he will not live but couple of days.. As an only child of Alpha Alan, I had an obligation to the pack, even if they would not recognize me as their ruler in his stead. I would not allow Alpha King, nor anybody really destroy all my father built, all he and my mother sacrificed for. The title was mine by birth, but as a female, many Elders were opposed to it. The going factions in our pack were very traditional, always deeming she-wolf’s place to be that in the bedroom or in the kitchen, not on the battle field, or in the matters of ruling. My father trusted me, in fact, the only reason we held so many defenses is because of my alliances and st
Dragana POVHis eyes were pleading with me.. “Can you forgive me, please?”. There was much more I needed to know, much I needed to discuss with him and ask. But for right now, knowing I am leaving tomorrow, all I could muster is a nod, before I flew into a giant papa bear hug of Alpha King Jonathan. I felt his tears drop on my head as he was holding me and in my heart, despite all the pain of the years and all the confusion, I felt love and peace about him.. He lulled me in a hug, like a small child. His fatherly embrace felt as some type of security blanket. I always felt safe around him, despite my circumstances and despite the fact that he was technically my captor. I meant to ask him about that – I wanted to hear the full story. Something told me there was more to this and I did not understand everything – my inner voice spoke of a cause and greater reasons, but nothing quite made sense. Holding me, he was responding to a question by Lady Jasmine, and next thing I knew - I have n
Roman’s POVNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Caleb war roaring in my head.. Running like a mad wolf he was looking for her. I saw which direction she ran over into but when we reached that clearing she was nowhere to be found.. The air still smelled of her scent, and I was suffocating. “This is ALL YOUR fault!!!!!”, Caleb was snapping at me.. He was angry and so was I.. For years, I have suffered without the Queen Luna. For years, I looked for her in every visiting pack, every time I would leave anywhere. I searched through the kingdom, I even searched in human world. And now, there she was – in my literal back yard and we found her.. Only for her to run away…“You likely smell of WHORES!”, Caleb was now screaming. “Our mate smelled you have been whoring around, that you have been unfaithful!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!”.. “She was not close enough to smell us!!!!!!”, I snapped back at him.“SHE IS A WHITE WOLF, YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT”, Caleb was now going for blood. If it was possible for my own wolf t
Dragana POVI slept the dream of the dead.. I did not know how or why or what I was dreaming after I lost the sight of the white wolf – she was gone and somehow I was cast into oblivion of and the next thing I knew I was waking up in my own bed. The sounds outside were celebratory – for a moment I lost time. It has been very long since the pack was in such a celebratory mode.. I looked around, and to my astonishment, found Lady Jasmine sitting in the chair by the window, mesmerized by the moon and the sounds below. I felt as if I were waking from a trance. “What is happening???”, I asked all groggy.. “Oh, Dragana, forgive me, I brought you to your room after you passed out at the lake house” she said looking at me intently. Rubbing my eyes things were starting to come back to me, up to a point.. “I am sorry, I do not remember much – it has been such a weird and stressful day” – I said, hoping and praying she would not ask for the explanation of all the stresses. I did not know what to